Saving On The Leccy

[barry1010]

I drink a lot of coffee. Would it be cheaper to boil just the amount I need each time, or boil a kettle full and store the surplus in a flask?

[bednobs]

I have that breville thing - it's good till you need to fill a hot water bottle:)
I have it because I can't lift a kettle up when it's full. It is quick (and hot, which was my other worry)

[barry1010]

My kettle boils a cup in about the same time so I don't see any advantage in having water sitting in a kettle doing nothing. I have seen this and the answer from the manufacturer implies that it boils all the water at the same time

If the jug of water is full how does it heat only a cup of water ?
Question from Buster
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Hi Buster,

This will boil enough water for the number of cups you need, but only dispenses a 250ml cup of boiling water each time.

Thanks for using Argos Q&A.

Answered by Ed

[ToraToraTora]

you should save about 1.9p a year!

[bednobs]

it really only boils the stuff you are going to use
there's a reservoir in there that only that gets heated each time. Mine does more than 250 (I think around 300)

[Old_Geezer]

IMO a flask will still lose some energy. So best not bother with it. It's quick enough to boil fresh as needed. Besides the amount you are looking to save hardly seems worth investigating.

[ToraToraTora]

well I've got to hand it to you barry, your life must be so efficient that all you have left to optimise is the making of a cuppa! TBH I leave my kettle at least a quarter full all the time anyway as I can't stand it when the limescale at the bottom comes out! I guess I just squandering shillings and shillings worth of lecky!

[barry1010]

TTT, emptying the kettle and rinsing it each time really does help cut down the limescale.

[ummmm]

Or get a kettle with a filter on the spout.

Barry - it does seem like a great effort for such little savings.

[bhg481]

Fitting a water-softener eliminates it altogether.

[youngmafbog]

It's going to cost you more explaining it to your maid than you will save I reckon.

[ToraToraTora]

barry: "TTT, emptying the kettle and rinsing it each time really does help cut down the limescale. " - gawd does your opulence know no bounds? water is £1.0685 per cubic metre you know!

[ToraToraTora]

err indoors just made us both a cup of tea, gawd I knew that woman was a gold digger!

[ToraToraTora]

..... now she's putting some bread in the toaster! Now I know how Richard Burton felt!

[barry1010]

TTT, the water I use to rinse the kettle goes in to my 6pt milk bottle :D

[ToraToraTora]

of course it does barry, clearly I'm an amateur at this game!

[bhg481]

It's not just the cost. If we don't save all the electricity we can there won't be enough to charge all the electric cars.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Bednobs I got the breville for the same reason as you. As for filling a water bottle just put a measuring jug under the dispenser and dispense a few cupful's then pour into bottle (though you shouldn't really be putting boiling water in a hot water bottle.)

[AuntPollyGrey]

Barry I have had one of these Breville hot water dispensers for over 3 years now and can assure you the water does not boil in the water tank. You turn the dial to the size of cup you require, and the amount of water is dispensed into your cup at just below boiling point. The water in the tank remains at room temperature.

[barry1010]

Thanks for clearing that up, APG

[bednobs]

if you stop it it part way through dispensing, the warmed water does get recirculated though, although it's easy ish to empty the whole thing and re-fill if you are really against water that's been heated previously. I hardly ever have to stop it though